Ear-wire for ear-rings



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I BAR WIRE FOR BAR RINGS.

No. 355,007; Patented Dec. 28, 1886.

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LEON DREYFUS, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

EAR-WIRE FOR EAR-=RINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,007, dated December 28, 1886.

I Application filed August 3, 1886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEON DREYFUS, of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Ear-Wi res for Ear-Rings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new anduseful improvements in the ear-wires by means of which ear-rings are suspended from the lobe of the ear.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved ear-wire from which the drop or pendant forming the ear-ring hangs vertical at all times.

The invention consists in an ear-wire provided with an angle or bend toward the rear in its upper part, as will be fully described and set forth hereinafter, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of an ear-ring provided with an ear-wireused heretofore. Fig. 2 is a side view of an ear-ring provided with my improved ear-wire.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The ear-wire A, Fig. 1, as made heretofore, is provided with a ring, B, from which the drop or pendant O is suspended. The weight of the drop tends to swing the lower end of the ear-wire A in the direction of the arrow a, Fig. 1, bringing the ear-wire into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, which is very. objectionable. Inorder to avoid this objectionable feature, I make my improved ear-wire M (shown in Fig. 2) in the following manner: From the point at which the eye or ring Nfor fastening the drop or pendant O is secured on the ear-wire the ear-wire extends to the rear at right angles to the plane in which the drop is to hang, and is then provided with a bend, P, from which the wire extends upward, as at Q, andisthen bent down forming thespring-catch. From the eye or ring M the other part or arm of the ear-wire extends downward in front of the lower part of the lobe, of the ear, and has Serial No. 209,858. (No mode-l.)

a hook, R, at its end, with which hook the free end of the ear-wire is connected for the purpose of keeping the wire closed. The straight part of the ear-wire, extending from the eye N to the bend P, is passed through the aperture in the lobe of the ear, and the part Q extends upward on the rear side of the lobe. The

weightof the drop or pendant acting on the ear-wire presses the part Q against the rear side of the lobe and prevents tilting of the earwire-that is, the ear-wire cannot be brought into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. In the old construction (shown in Fig. 1) the wire, after it has passed through the aperture in the lobe of the ear, extends downward, whereas in my improved construction the earwire extends upward after having passed through the aperture'in the lobe of the car, and forms an abutment restiugagainst the rear side of the lobe.

Any kind or style of pendant or earornameat of any desired material can be fastened on the improved ear-wire.

Having'th us described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent An ear-wire for ear-rings having a straight part, at one end of which the ornament is fastened to the ear-wire, an upwardly-projecting part at the opposite end of the said straight part, and a downwardly-projecting spring part extending down from the upwardly-pro ecting part, and with an arm extending downward from the point at which the ornament is fastened, said arm being provided at its lower end with a hook for engagement with the spring end of the wire, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OSCAR F. GUNZ, SIDNEY IVIANN. 

